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The Practice of Philosophy: a Handbook for Beginners by Jay F. Rosenberg is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Practice of Philosophy: a Handbook for Beginners about?

Based on the author's nearly 30 years' of teaching introductory philosophy — and his observations of where beginning readers run into difficulty — this compact “primer” gives readers the basic tools they need to explore philosophical reading and writing for the first time. Provides insights and strategies for helping readers get started with reading, thinking about, and discussing philosophical concepts and writing short philosophical essays about what they've been reading and thinking; includes a new chapter that illustrates techniques for probing beneath the expository surface of a given question to uncover the inevitable structure of presuppositions and problems underlying it.

Who reads The Practice of Philosophy: a Handbook for Beginners?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jay F. Rosenberg
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Published
1996
Language
EN
ISBN
9780132308489
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Philosophy, Anthropology, Humanities
Rating
4.3 / 5 (12 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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